Psychopathic personality features and risks for criminal justice system involvement among emancipating foster youth

Michael G. Vaughn; Christine Litschge; Matt DeLisi; Kevin M. Beaver; Curtis J. McMillen

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.02.001

Psychopathic personality features and risks for criminal justice system involvement among emancipating foster youth

Michael G. Vaughn, Christine Litschge, Matt DeLisi, Kevin M. Beaver, Curtis J. McMillen

Graduate School of Social Welfare

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Abstract

Although there has been a surge of interest in the study of psychopathy among juveniles, few investigations have been initiated on non-correctional samples thus reducing the potential generalizability of findings. The current objective was to examine the construct of psychopathy in a community sample of 404 foster care youths transitioning out of care. To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore psychopathic personality traits among a foster care sample. In total, the models indicated that psychopathic personality traits measured by the PPI-SF Narcissism, PPI-SF Extraversion, PPI-SF Unemotionality, and PPI-SF Fearless-Nonconformity were significant yet inconsistent risk factors for diverse forms of criminal behavior and subsequent involvement with the criminal justice system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1101-1110
Number of pages	10
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	30
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.02.001
Publication status	Published - 2008 Oct

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Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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